Clarence Page: GOP hopefuls seek insights on 'inner city'

8:50 AM,
May 18, 2014

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Clarence Page
Chicago Tribune

Has Sen. Rand Paul flip-flopped on the issue of voter ID requirements?

A year ago at historically black Howard University, the Kentucky Republican defended his party's push for voter identification card requirements, saying they hardly compared to the racist voting restrictions of the old Jim Crow South.

But in recent interviews, he's changed his tone, if not his tune. He doesn't oppose voter ID requirements, he says, but he wants his party to stop talking about them. ...